information needed by policymakers, investors, and other interested stakeholders. To better understand the current health care …

the Health Sector Reform Strategy. The last section concludes and provides some policy recommendations. …

This study provides basic information on the status of Philippine health professionals that will serve as input for … health manpower planning and for the preparation of health care financing scheme. An inventory of the existing manpower … personnel is provided. In addition, factors affecting manpower supply and demand in the health sector is analyzed. This is in …

There are a number of issues regarding women’s health, women’s reproductive behavior, fertility impact of reproductive … health programs and the effect of gender roles and expectations in these factors. This paper attempts to put together … of gender bias in the utilization of health care services. Planning and maternal care are deemed to have positive impact …

conducted among families in rural Leyte, “Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilization among Rural Women: The Case of Three … Barangays in Leyte” and the urban poor of Metro Manila, “Health Seeking Behavior among Families in High Risk Urban Communities ….” The discussion, however, is limited to the utilization of health care services among rural and urban poor families …

There is a growing emphasis on the role of trade in health services (telehealth, health tourism and retirement … infrastructure and financing, and upgrading the capacities of health professionals. This paper seeks to identify the opportunities …, barriers, and risks for the Philippines in participating in global trade in health services. It examines the country …

This paper reviews the major policy initiatives of the Aquino Administration in the area of populating, health and …

The Department of Health formulates and implements health care financing strategies. To aid the agency, this paper … provides baseline figures on the parameters of the entire health care environment. In particular, the following parameters in … the health sectors are studied: the regulatory institutions, the legal mandates of these institutions, the set of laws …

From the first part of this paper, results from critical appraisal and description of economic impacts on health policy … on policy. The second part includes the development of self-instructional manual on cost-effectiveness for health center …

This paper investigates the significant contribution of private health insurance to the Philippine health care finance …. Realization of full benefits from the health care funds depends on addressing the constraints to its full development. Hence …, there is a need for the government to support and provide incentives for health insurance and business development. …